A question for you students. Would you use a tablet?

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: gotsmack
I'd buy a tablet if battery life wasn't something like 3 hours. I need something that lasts 6 hours between chrges.

Are you in class for that long? And don't your classes have outlets by the desks?

I graduated already, but it depends on the room. The newer rooms had outlets at the desks, the older ones did not.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: KLin
Kind of old-fashioned don't you think?

:laugh:

 

[Anubis]

no

 

[episodic]

I love my alphasmart. Portable keyboard. No laptop distractions.

 

[EvilYoda]

I've never actually used a tablet yet, it all depends on how the writing works

 

[helpme]

I actually used a TC1000 for 2.5 years without the keyboard. It worked pretty good, considering you could copy and resize graphics when you need to show each step or change that was occuring.

I found that the keyboard was pretty useless for me, and that onenote was a horrible program for handwriting only situations. It tended to shift the text you wrote after you finished (I guess it assumed you were writing, and not writing equations), which made it worthless for me.

The included journal application worked the best in my case.

I do say that Microsoft has a LONG way to go in terms of making Windows XP tablet PC edition really a "Tablet PC Edition". It's more like Windows XP with support for right clicking via left mouse hold.